[Android Apps and Games] ergsan:
Hi everyone,

I present you Apps-Beam (formerly "gridApps"), an easy ...really easy launcher and app manager with useful shortcuts and a random feature !

Download link: Android Market

Nice review: YouTube

See instantly all your apps at a glance and manage them directly and instantly (launch, share, informations, rate, uninstall), without scrolling ...and scrolling and coming back and forth... A time saving app !

You can even launch applications at random if you don't want to choose one in particular or want to experience randomness !

Apps-Beam displays on a large grid, tiny icons of your apps so that you can quickly access to all of them, in the blink of an eye; just click on an app to launch it and long click to share, uninstall, see information, bookmark, hide, rate on the market (with predefined custom comments to make it even easier !).

Features:

General

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- Fullscreen launcher

- See all your apps at a glance, instantly, without scrolling ...and scrolling (90+ apps can be displayed in a regular screen)

- Apps listed in alphabetical order by default...change in settings to experience !

- Detect at launch when apps list has changed and update itself !

Apps

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- single click: launch

- long click: share, rate in the market, bookmark, hide, see information, uninstall

- Multiple selection to hide/bookmark/share (useful for recommendations)

- Share all your bookmarked apps (long click from bookmarks panel)

- Launch one of your application at random and see notification bar to launch another one again ...at random !

- Launch at random from your bookmarked apps ! (set in settings)

- Rate an app with predefined custom comments

- Search on the web for more information

Customization

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- Fullscreen

- Choose background color (see settings: slide on color picker and push colored disk in the middle)

- Custom icon size from tiny...really tiny to large 150px icons: see instantly the rendering and save your preference

- Custom size for bookmarks panel (choose a size with the slider;back;open bookmarks;save size;that's all !)

Overall

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- Time saving !

Some hints

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The fastest way for multiple selections (share/boomark/hide):

-sliding navigation panel

-check checkbox

-select your apps

-click on options icon in the navigation panel

-...and bam ! :cool:

For options, you can also long click on any item, then "selection options".

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Just put the icon of Apps-Beam on your home screen and enjoy with this new app manager concept !

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(1)See an application information or clear cache or uninstall it;

-before (5 steps ~): "homescreen Menu/Settings/Application/Manage applications + wait a little/click on app"

-now (3 steps): just "click on Apps-Beam icon/long click app/information or uninstall" ...and bam !

(2)Don't know what to launch now, what app to play with...coffee break;

-before: "home launcher/scroll forth and coming/thinking twice/click on app"

-now: "click on Apps-Beam icon/menu/random app/" ...and bam !

... again ? see notification bar and click on Apps-Beam icon to be even faster !

(3)general comment for 4 stars for a favorite app

-before: "market app/search+text or menu/my apps/click on app/thinking, writing/post"

-now (predefined custom comments): "Apps-Beam app/long click on app/share/paste default text/post" ...bam !

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Experience Apps-Beam on tablet or in landscape mode with 100 apps at a glance in regular screen -Galaxy S, desire HD, N1 ...:-)

We found it useful and time saving, we just hope that if you have a lot of apps and you get rid off scrolling and if you're always looking for your apps that you will find Apps-Beam useful also :cool:.

To use notification for random app in notification bar efficiently, when you return back to Apps-Beam, push home button so that the app is maintained in background; then just pull down your notification bar and launch apps at random ...till you clear notification or you close Apps-Beam app !

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Give it a try on the Android Market :)

Download link: Android Market

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To "batch uninstall" apps, 3 steps:

1)Slide the handle of the navigation panel (bottom) and check the box to activate multiple selection

2)select your apps

3)click options button (navigation panel or long click an item then "select options") then "uninstall"

..and there you are !

We added translucent background for color also ! Check menu/settings/background and choose your transparency level for your favorite color. It works also for custom png background images (save your custom image in "ergsap/appsbeam/background" on your sdcard and choose it via menu/background) !

Two things:

-Translucent background won't work for OS version Eclair (2.1) and below ... (incompatibility issue with translucent and fullscreen feature)

-To set your custom background color, background image has to be disabled (see menu/background/"no background" and then restart to see your favorite background color)

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Changelogs:

Version1.1 (lot of great updates!)

-to increase performance/stability we added SDCARD permission (icons are stored in sdcard/ergsap/appsbeam) & an internal database (external db were slower)

-hide apps

-bookmark apps

-multiple selection for hide/bookmark/share features (and reversely unhide/unbookmark/unselect)

-recommend/share multiple apps

-manage hidden/bookmarked apps

-custom icon size for bookmarked

-launch apps at random from bookmarks (select games,apps; bookmark & play with randomness)

Version 1.0.7

-bug fixes (launcher, icons & grid update, reload)

-improve load performance and stability, more responsive transitions

-Added instant reload for settings to see changements directly

-Added custom icon size feature (from tiniest size to 150px icon with a slider): see instantly the rendering and save your preference !

Version 1.0.6

-Added background color picker to customize (slide on color picker and push colored disk in the middle); restart Apps-Beam to see changements;

-minor performance improvements

V 1.0.5

-"gridApps" is now "Apps-Beam";

-improve interface for options with QuickAction bar;

-bug and typo fixes;

-blog page: http://ergsap.wordpress.com/appsbeam

V 1.0.4

-faster... and faster !

-bug fixes

V 1.0.3

-load improvement for apps list in alphabetical order

-added reload menu

V 1.0.2

-overall performance improvements

-added "launch random app" + notification to launch again

Known bugs:

-on some devices the random app notification is not displayed (Evo)